341. Chapter 339 A Net of "Fortune Fish" (1/2)

After daybreak.

Lao Zhuang cooked a pot of porridge for everyone. Everyone was given an egg, and the side dishes were only pickled mustard and cooked dried fish.

"This pickled mustard is delicious."

"Lao Zhuang, where did you buy it?"

"At the dock."

"How much is a bag? If it's not expensive, bring me a few bags next time you go to the dock to buy vegetables."

"It's not expensive, only 20 cents per bag."

"That's OK, bring me ten bags."

"I'll take five bags too."

Li Duoyu, who was squatting by the mast eating breakfast, knew what brand of pickled mustard was instantly after tasting this familiar taste.

He glanced at the people on the boat, and his thoughts were suddenly pulled into another time and space.

In that world, Li Duoyu often ate this brand of pickled mustard for breakfast.

Although he was a cook, his life was not refined at all. The most common breakfast was this brand of pickled mustard.

Pickled mustard and shredded pork soup should be the soup he drank the most after returning to China, even more than kelp and pork ribs soup.

I remember that at that time, his son would occasionally come home alone to see him. When he saw him eating pickled mustard, he would lecture him with a dark face.

He said that eating too much pickled food is not good, and even confiscated the pickled mustard he bought.

But every time his son went back to Rongcheng to work, Li Duoyu would go to the grocery store at the dock to buy two more bags.

It was because it was convenient.

Li Duoyu took another bite of the pickled mustard and chewed it carefully. He found that the taste was really similar, but if it was delicious, it might be better in the later generations.

Maybe it was because there were more seasonings.

And this pickled mustard is Xieqiao pickled mustard, and its origin, Xieqiao Town, seems to be in Hangzhou Bay not far from Zhoushan Islands.

After breakfast.

Li Duoyu looked at the sea, and a rising sun rose from the sea level, reflecting the sea and the morning glow red.

At the end of the sight, one or two fishing boats could be vaguely seen.

Li Duoyu let out a long breath and stretched in the direction of the rising sun.

At this time, Uncle Li Zhengfa came over. He had just finished his breakfast and had a cigarette in his mouth.

Li Zhengfa originally wanted to pass a cigarette to Li Duoyu, but he thought better of it. If he passed a cigarette to him, Duoyu would indeed accept it, but he rarely smoked it.

To be honest, he still admires Duoyu very much. He can actually not smoke to relieve boredom in this endless sea.

When he was young, he didn't smoke either, but since he joined the fishing team, it is impossible not to smoke.

Even for old fishermen like them, there are three good things on the boat, that is, radio, cigarettes and some colorful comics.

"It's a nice morning, it should be suitable for fishing."

"Yeah."

"You probably didn't sleep much last night, can you still go fishing, do you want to take a break?"

Li Duoyu smiled: "For a strong man who can go in and out seven times a night, three hours of sleep is enough."

Uncle San said disdainfully: "If you are so powerful, how come you don't even have a second child, and your father is anxious."

Li Duoyu said: "Uncle San, you still have the nerve to say that to me?"

Li Zhengfa's old face blushed, and he said a little sadly and helplessly:

"I'm different from you. I really want it, but God doesn't want to give it to me, otherwise your aunt wouldn't spoil Yujun."

"Ahem."

Li Duoyu quickly changed the subject : "Uncle San, the weather is so good, why don't we set up another internet cafe."

"Okay."

After breakfast, Chen Liang, who had panda eyes, wanted to go back to the cabin to take a nap, but when he heard about another internet cafe, he couldn't help muttering:

"I only slept for a short time last night, and I don't have any strength at all. Why do I have to work again? Do you want me to live?"

Chen Youquan, who was standing next to him, was about to slap him, but Chen Liang subconsciously dodged: "Damn it, I knew you would hit me again."

"Okay, you know to hide!"

"Tsk, do you think your son is really a fool?"

Chen Youquan was stunned, and for a moment, he didn't know whether he should smile bitterly or be happy.

After returning to his fishing boat.

Li Duoyu started the fishing boat, then turned on the fish finder and looked for fish in the nearby sea.

In fact, there was no need to look for it this time, because he was quite familiar with the sea area they were in.

Unlike the previous fishing area, this sea area is very close to the Qiantang River. The sea water looks very turbid, but there may be a lot of yellow croakers under this water color.

Li Duoyu said with a walkie-talkie:

"Minrong 031"

"This sea area is full of muddy bottom, with an average depth of 50 meters. There are fish schools at the bottom. It is recommended to tug directly on the bottom."

"Minrong 031 received."

Two tugboats, one large and one small, separated behind the fishing boat. As the fishing boat moved forward, the fishing net was constantly pulled into the sea.

After the two trawlers pulled for more than an hour, Li Duoyu could already see the outline of the offshore mountains.

"Minrong 031, the terrain ahead has changed, there are a few reefs, it is recommended to directly pull the net."

"Minrong 031 received."

As the third uncle's trawler slowed down, the uncle's trawler also received the signal, and the two boats slowly approached.

The trawl net was slowly pulled out of the water. The net bag did not look very big, and the things caught were also very mixed.

Most of them are half-fin fish, and there are also a lot of rays and some small yellow croakers.

After seeing this net bag.

Li Shuguang grinned, and his heart suddenly felt balanced: "It seems that the person who entrusted you with your dream last night was not necessarily Mazu."

Li Duoyu frowned, that shouldn't be the case. He had carefully observed the fish detector just now and indeed detected big fish activity.

But as the winch continued to pull upward, all the net bags leaked out, and underneath the net bags, there were all big fish.

"Shocking."

When Chen Liang saw the net bag, he was so excited that he could not speak coherently: "There are all big yellow croakers under the net bag. They are all so big."

Li Duoyu glanced at Li Shuguang and sighed: "When luck comes, you can't stop it."

Li Shuguang scratched his head in embarrassment.

He glanced at the net of large yellow croakers, but felt something was wrong. These large yellow croakers were too big.

Logically speaking, it is already morning, so the large yellow croaker should turn white, but these fish are still quite yellow and quite big, and they don't look like large yellow croakers.

not……

Just when Li Shuguang wanted to confirm, the second uncle who was closest to the net bag excitedly shouted:

"Yao Shou, this net is not a big yellow croaker."

"It's all Huang Gan."

After hearing this, the crew members were all stunned for a while, put down their work, and all surrounded the net.

Even the boss of the ship, Li Zhengfa, walked out of the cab.

"The bottom of the fin is black, it's really Huang Gan." "Goddess Mazu bless you."

"This network is valuable, and we finally got some good stuff."

Li Shuguang looked at Li Duoyu in disbelief. Has this guy's mouth really been opened?

When Duoyu was taking command, what he watched the whole time was not very different from him, but why was there such a big difference in the catch of fish that came up.

"Why!"

To be honest, Li Duoyu was also stunned when his second uncle called out Huang Gan.

The yellow sweetness in the second uncle's mouth.

In fact, it is the yellow-lipped fish, but its name is different.

This thing is a cousin of a large yellow croaker. They both look the same, but it is easy to distinguish them. There are obvious black spots at the bottom of the fins.

In fact, after Li Duoyu was reborn, he had been thinking about this thing and found many spots to catch them.

All turned out to be in vain.

I didn't expect to catch it here. I searched for it thousands of times, but I didn't think about it, but it went to live in my net.

Is this because he was doing evil things for the people last night, so he was given such a net of yellow-lipped fish?

After unpacking the net bag.

The second uncle didn't even smoke anymore. He pinned the pipe to his trousers, hugged a yellow-lipped fish, and couldn't help but kiss it.

"I haven't seen such a good thing in many years."

"It's a pity that it's a little small. We have caught a net before. The largest one was more than one meter long and weighed more than a hundred kilograms."

The uncle said with disdain: "There are very few fish nowadays. It would be great if you can catch them. You are so picky."

Chen Liang couldn't help but ask: "Dad, is this Huang Gan more expensive than the big yellow croaker?"

Chen Youquan nodded: "Of course it is more expensive than large yellow croaker, but it is even rarer than large yellow croaker. This kind of fish can only be found in a few seaports along the coast."

"How much does a pound cost?"

Chen Youquan frowned and thought for a while: "I don't know very well. The price of this fish is not very fixed. It mainly depends on the buyer's bid. However, in the two years after it was first opened, the price was already one yuan, and it should be more expensive now."

"It's so expensive."

Chen Liang couldn't believe that this fish was actually more expensive than pork. He pointed at the big yellow croaker in front of him: "Then this one is already more than thirty yuan."

Chen Youquan nodded: "It's almost the same price, but if it really sells, it might be a little more expensive, at least forty or fifty."

"That's quite an exaggeration." Chen Liang looked at Huang Gan on this deck and froze on the spot. How much is this net worth?

Li Duoyu looked at Hangzhou Bay in the distance, and suddenly understood why he caught yellow-lip fish.

As a man of two generations, he has some understanding of the habitat of yellow-lipped fish, mainly in offshore mouths.

Generally, smaller yellow-lip fish can only be found on the shore and are often caught by people. People who don't understand think they have caught a big yellow croaker.

When yellow-lipped fish grow up, they will grow in deep water areas near offshore mouths. The largest ones can grow to more than one meter and weigh more than 200 kilograms.

It's a pity that this thing is even stupider than the giant yellow croaker. It is a domestic type of marine fish that can only survive in the same habitat and does not know how to migrate.

In the 1980s, it seemed that it was almost extinct. If I remember correctly, it seems that in a few years, the yellow-lipped fish will soon be classified as a second-level animal protection species.

It should be regarded as the earliest protected marine fish in the sea.

The half-net of yellow-lipped fish weighed at least two thousand kilograms. Li Duoyu suddenly had a problem. Should he sell them all directly or take out the fish bladder?

The most valuable part of this fish is the swim bladder. After the yellow-lip fish swim bladder is dried, it is called small-bearded goldfish maw.

It can be said that the most top-grade fish maws, and some relatively large money maws, can easily fetch sky-high seven-digit prices.

If these yellow-lipped fish were sold directly to the fishmongers at the dock, Li Duoyu would feel quite disadvantaged.

Li Duoyu weighed it up. Li Duoyu really couldn't guarantee what the future would be like, but there was still a general direction, that is, there were really fewer and fewer of these fish.

By then, the top-quality fish maw made from its swim bladder will only become more expensive the more it is fried.

Just treat it as a financial product.

And the shelf life of this thing is very long, so just think of it as leaving yourself a way out.

Speaking of which, there is already a lot of fish maw in his big glass jar.

"Uncle Third, can you sell me the swim bladder of this yellow sweet carp?"

Third uncle Li Zhengfa was startled for a moment and said: "You originally caught the fish in this net. If you want it, just take it. Buy whatever you want."

Uncle Li Niantian also said: "Zhengfa is right. Without you, we would never be able to capture Huang Gan."

Li Duoyu smiled.

He knew very well that what the third uncle and uncle said were probably polite words. If he really accepted them, he would not know how to behave.

Li Duoyu glanced at the other crew members, and their expressions obviously changed slightly.

Although the crew members are all paid, there is an unwritten rule that when the boss of the ship makes a particularly large amount of money, he will appropriately distribute dividends to the crew members.

As for yellow lip fish, once there is no swim bladder, the price will be much less.

Li Duoyu insisted: "That's not possible. This fish was caught by everyone together. Let's do this. I will collect the swim bladder at one-third of the market price of the fish. What do you think?"

Chen Liang was confused again: "The swim bladder of this fish is so expensive."

Chen Youquan nodded: "Of course it's expensive. The most valuable thing about this fish is the swim bladder. It's very good for pregnant women with heavy bleeding."

"When your mother gave birth to you, she suffered from severe bleeding. She was weak for a long time. This is what she ate."

Seeing that Li Duoyu paid so much money to buy the fish maw, the second uncle and the first uncle said one after another:

"Duoyu, your third uncle and eldest uncle both said they would give it to you directly, so you don't have to pay so much."

But with Li Duoyu's insistence, he finally bought the fish bladder for half the price.

"Third uncle, when I return to the island in two days, you can settle my share of the money. If it's not enough, you can ask me for it again."

"It must be enough."

The remaining yellow-lipped fish, although it has no swim bladder, can still be sold for a lot of money, at least not cheaper than the large yellow croaker.

At first, everyone was unmotivated, but after seeing Li Duoyu spend money to buy a fish bladder, everyone started working efficiently.

The yellow-lipped fish was rinsed cleanly, and then the swim bladder was taken out. Everyone also carefully cleaned the blood on the swim bladder.

The second uncle asked: "Duoyu, what are you doing with so many fish maws? This thing seems to be for pregnant women."

Li Duoyu said truthfully: "This stuff sells well on Hong Kong Island. I plan to stock up on it and sell it to them in the future."

"You know this as well?"

Li Duoyu smiled: "When I went to the next province before, I listened to the fishermen there."

As for why Li Duoyu knew everything about Hong Kong Island, Li Shuguang didn't bother to ask.

What he still can't understand the most is what Li Duoyu said last night.

"Empress Mazu said that we will definitely make a lot of money tomorrow."

He really got it right.

Once or twice, maybe it's luck.

But I have cooperated with him for fishing so many times, and it seems that I have good luck every time. This is no longer luck.

It's fate.

In the past, when Li Duoyu was working on the street, he would often go out to sea to sell goods in the middle of the night. His second aunt, Li Duoyu's mother, would go to Thean Hou Temple to pray for blessings every day.

It can be said that the most sincere believer on the island is the second aunt.

And since Agui's accident, Li Duoyu seemed to have been enlightened. He was a completely different person, and even his luck got better.

It seems that after returning home, I have to let the mother-in-law at home pay her respects. (End of chapter)